OK, so I've changed the format to the US keyboard (the same as my other computers) and those buttons that I mentioned before work but now my o but makes a 6, my L button makes a 3, m makes a 0 and my 0 button makes a /. It works during the Windows password screen.

The ram has been upgraded and the OS has been tweaked a bit for performance and battery life. I use this netbook everyday and it serves me well. I also got one for the wife! she has the white one which is an older version of mine, but upgraded with a SSD and more ram.

1. Run windows 7, or windows xp, slimmed down by nlite. /dual boot with a linux flavor
2. how much of a pain will it be to upgrade the memory. If i have to take out the keyboard i dont want to bother.

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1. I would run Windows 7 Ultimate (WinXp is dead - or it will be soon)

2. upgrading RAM is easy. there should be a small panel at the bottom of the netbook with a few screws holding it in place - take the screws off and you should be able to get to the ram.

-- In some cases that small panel isnt a small panel but the entire backpanel of the netbook, procedure is still the same though - just remove it and you should see your ram underneath. if you got some cash to splash - consider upgrading the hard drive to a 90Gb SSD - you get better battery life and the netbook will get a massive speed boost since most manufacturers only put 5400RPM harddrives in their netbooks

1. I would run Windows 7 Ultimate (WinXp is dead - or it will be soon)

2. upgrading RAM is easy. there should be a small panel at the bottom of the netbook with a few screws holding it in place - take the screws off and you should be able to get to the ram.

-- In some cases that small panel isnt a small panel but the entire backpanel of the netbook, procedure is still the same though - just remove it and you should see your ram underneath. if you got some cash to splash - consider upgrading the hard drive to a 90Gb SSD - you get better battery life and the netbook will get a massive speed boost since most manufacturers only put 5400RPM harddrives in their netbooks

Do keep in mind - Netbooks are highly unlikely to have support AHCI - which means no TRIM support. I dunno if other manufacturers do it - but ive been told that OCZ Vertex 2 drives have an ability to keep themselves clean and free from garbage - even with no TRIM support

so far all i see is a memory compartment that I can get to and add some more ram. how would I go about getting to the HDDs?

Also, it is installing win7 on the first boot ... would it be ok if I replaced the HDD and installed my own win7? Just curious because I would like to have an SSD OS drive then a normal HDD in there.

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you would need to take the whole back panel off in that case - and yes you can install windows 7 on it but make sure you got an external DvD-Rom or a high capacity USB stick so you can install W7 from USB

you would need to take the whole back panel off in that case - and yes you can install windows 7 on it but make sure you got an external DvD-Rom or a high capacity USB stick so you can install W7 from USB